Under Age 2023 U16 Boys Footy Discussion (2025 Draft Cohort) - Development Champs kicks off June 10

[Lore]

The 2023 AFL National Development Championships – U16 Boys will begin with a clash between Victoria Country and Victoria Metro on Saturday, June 10 during the King’s Birthday weekend in Victoria.

The first round of fixtures will be played across four states, before all ten teams converge on the Gold Coast where the final two rounds will be played from July 3 to July 7.

The 2023 AFL National Championships – U18 Girls will again feature six teams. Queensland, South Australia, Victoria Country, Victoria Metro and Western Australia will all field teams, along with the Allies, which will comprise players from New South Wales, ACT, Northern Territory and Tasmania.

2023 AFL National Development Championships – U16 Boys​

Teams: Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast Suns, GWS Giants, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria Country, Victoria Metro, Sydney Swans Academy, Tasmania and Western Australia

DATE	HOME TEAM	AWAY TEAM	VENUE
Sat, June 10	Victoria Country	Victoria Metro	IKON Park, VIC
Sat, June 17	GWS GIANTS Academy	Sydney Swans Academy	Blacktown Int. Sportspark, NSW
Sat, June 24	Northern Territory	Tasmania	Highgate Rec. Reserve, VIC
Sun, June 25	Western Australia	South Australia	TBC, WA
Sun, June 25	Brisbane Lions	GC SUNS Academy	Brighton Homes Arena, QLD
Mon, July 3	GC SUNS Academy	Tasmania	Heritage Bank Stadium, QLD
Mon, July 3	GWS GIANTS Academy	Northern Territory	Heritage Bank Stadium, QLD
Mon, July 3	Brisbane Lions	Sydney Swans	Heritage Bank Stadium, QLD
Tue, July 4	Victoria Metro	Western Australia	Heritage Bank Stadium, QLD
Tue, July 4	Victoria Country	South Australia	Heritage Bank Stadium, QLD
Thu, July 6	Tasmania	GWS GIANTS Academy	Fankhauser Reserve, QLD
Thu, July 6	GC SUNS Academy	Sydney Swans Academy	Fankhauser Reserve, QLD
Thu, July 6	Northern Territory	Brisbane Lions Academy	Fankhauser Reserve, QLD
Fri, July 7	South Australia	Victoria Metro	Fankhauser Reserve, QLD
Fri, July 7	Western Australia	Victoria Country	Fankhauser Reserve, QLD

2023 AFL National Championships: U18, U16 fixtures released

The AFL has released the schedule for this year's U18 and U16 National Championships

www.afl.com.au

 

[RedmanWasHere]

YES!
I'm going early.

YES!
It's the start of 2022.

YES!
This my earliest created thread.

So let's ring in the new year with names born in 2007, a year which saw the likes of Gibbs, Selwood and Boak debut and Hird, Ricciuto, Archer and Koutoufides retire.

Yes, there's another Duursma (Willem) going through the ranks.

This one will be a draft that Geelong fans focus on as Jagger Mooney (Cameron's boy) will be discussed often.


Davo-27, eDPS or PMBangers.
In the U15 Vic Metro vs Vic Country game circa October-November, were there any 2007 born names who stood out?

HAPPY NEW YEAR all.

Happy scouting everyone.

 

[Holden Hillbilly]

Port Father-Sons:
Jake Bishop
Ben Francou
Darcy Thurstans
Gillon Wakelin
Charlie Wilson
Tom Wilson

 

[PMBangers]

I'm pretty sure, but not certain Willem Duursma is an U16 this year

 

[weltschmerz]

Dogs father-sons:
Lukas Eagleton
Jaxon Cooney
Oliver Grant
Jarvis Murphy
Cohen Lake
Sonny Garlick

 

[RedmanWasHere]

I'm pretty sure, but not certain Willem Duursma is an U16 this year

I saw in my 2024 or 2023 thread that maybe he's for 2025 but I'm not quite certain.

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

YES!
I'm going early.

YES!
It's the start of 2022.

YES!
This my earliest created thread.

So let's ring in the new year with names born in 2007, a year which saw the likes of Gibbs, Selwood and Boak drafted and Hird, Ricciuto, Archer and Koutoufides retire.

Yes, there's another Duursma (Willem) going through the ranks.

This one will be a draft that Geelong fans focus on as Jagger Mooney (Cameron's boy) will be discussed often.


Davo-27, eDPS or PMBangers.
In the U15 Vic Metro vs Vic Country game circa October-November, were there any 2007 born names who stood out?

HAPPY NEW YEAR all.

Happy scouting everyone.

Jagger Is a chip off the old block that is for sure.

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

Hawk turn is coming with Crawford, Hodge & Burgoyne fingers X

 

[briztoon]

Hawk turn is coming with Crawford, Hodge & Burgoyne fingers X

Will be interesting what happens with Hodges eldest.

Often see him at training in a Lions top, kicking a footy with a few mates.

Haven’t seen next year’s academy list yet, to see if he’s in the academy, but he goes to the one private school up here that has close links to the academy.

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

Will be interesting what happens with Hodges eldest.

Often see him at training in a Lions top, kicking a footy with a few mates.

Haven’t seen next year’s academy list yet, to see if he’s in the academy, but he goes to the one private school up here that has close links to the academy.

Hawks will have priority over lions, for access. Just like the Suns and Lions over Ashcroft. Hopefully Cooper will be keen to spread his wings and experience Melbourne. An he remembers dads Hawks premierships.

Yeah he goes to the same School as the lions Harry Sharp.

I reckon the Lions will welcome Cooper A.S.A.P

 

[Dogga6]

Kalani White is suppose to be one very exciting prospect.

Only 14 years of age but is already at 195cm tall.

 

[PMBangers]

Hawks will have priority over lions, for access. Just like the Suns and Lions over Ashcroft.

Completely different situation, Ashcroft isn't eligible for the Suns at all because he moved out of their zone, this is more like Blakey/ Scott who had to choose which club they want to go to

 

[briztoon]

Hawks will have priority over lions, for access. Just like the Suns and Lions over Ashcroft. Hopefully Cooper will be keen to spread his wings and experience Melbourne. An he remembers dads Hawks premierships.

Yeah he goes to the same School as the lions Harry Sharp.

I reckon the Lions will welcome Cooper A.S.A.P

Actually the kid gets to choose.

Once Ashcroft left the Suns academy a couple of years ago, they lost any access to him.

If you want a comparable example, look at Nick Blakey at Sydney.

 

[The Nostradamus]

Will Crocker for us in this draft year

 

[nelk boys]

Actually the kid gets to choose.

Once Ashcroft left the Suns academy a couple of years ago, they lost any access to him.

If you want a comparable example, look at Nick Blakey at Sydney.

You really think if Cooper is half good, Sam Mitchell wouldn't get him down into Melbourne by yr 10 at the latest.

Is he even in the academy anyway?

 

[briztoon]

You really think if Cooper is half good, Sam Mitchell wouldn't get him down into Melbourne by yr 10 at the latest.

Is he even in the academy anyway?

Will Mitchell still be coach by then?

I expect Cooper will have the greatest say where he wants to be.

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

Yes i reckon Mitchell will be coach and yes Cooper will remember dads premierships with the Hawks.

Will Mitchell still be coach by then?

I expect Cooper will have the greatest say where he wants to be.

 

[nelk boys]

Will Mitchell still be coach by then?

I expect Cooper will have the greatest say where he wants to be.

Sam Mitchell will have a minimum of 5 years, he is at the start of a rebuild.

Also expect Cooper to remember that 3 peat, he will know how much his family name means to Hawthorn, compared to two minor years at Lions.

Will Lions still be contending by 2026?

 

[briztoon]

Sam Mitchell will have a minimum of 5 years, he is at the start of a rebuild.

Also expect Cooper to remember that 3 peat, he will know how much his family name means to Hawthorn, compared to two minor years at Lions.

Will Lions still be contending by 2026?

We’re still like the 4th youngest list in the competition, plenty of kids coming through to keep us contending until 2030 at least.

Ashcroft and Fletcher arriving next draft will add to our high end talent. Then there’s Ashcroft jnr in the 2024 draft (he’s in the Vic Metro U16 academy). We’re starting to get them father son kids coming through from our premiership era team. (Freaking more daughters though, our vflw team will be strong. Akers daughter is a gun).

Like I mentioned earlier (I think it was here), Cooper loves getting about in his Lions guernsey.

I guess it really does depend on where the Hodges are living when Cooper is in year 12.

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

We’re still like the 4th youngest list in the competition, plenty of kids coming through to keep us contending until 2030 at least.

Ashcroft and Fletcher arriving next draft will add to our high end talent. Then there’s Ashcroft jnr in the 2024 draft (he’s in the Vic Metro U16 academy). We’re starting to get them father son kids coming through from our premiership era team. (Freaking more daughters though, our vflw team will be strong. Akers daughter is a gun).

Like I mentioned earlier (I think it was here), Cooper loves getting about in his Lions guernsey.

I guess it really does depend on where the Hodges are living when Cooper is in year 12.

The AFL is cracking down on acad

We’re still like the 4th youngest list in the competition, plenty of kids coming through to keep us contending until 2030 at least.

Ashcroft and Fletcher arriving next draft will add to our high end talent. Then there’s Ashcroft jnr in the 2024 draft (he’s in the Vic Metro U16 academy). We’re starting to get them father son kids coming through from our premiership era team. (Freaking more daughters though, our vflw team will be strong. Akers daughter is a gun).

Like I mentioned earlier (I think it was here), Cooper loves getting about in his Lions guernsey.

I guess it really does depend on where the Hodges are living when Cooper is in year 12.

The AFL is cracking down on the academy system, it is meant for youth that would not be in system. Cooper is in the system, an i doubt your lions will have special access to him.

 

[nelk boys]

We’re still like the 4th youngest list in the competition, plenty of kids coming through to keep us contending until 2030 at least.

Ashcroft and Fletcher arriving next draft will add to our high end talent. Then there’s Ashcroft jnr in the 2024 draft (he’s in the Vic Metro U16 academy). We’re starting to get them father son kids coming through from our premiership era team. (Freaking more daughters though, our vflw team will be strong. Akers daughter is a gun).

Like I mentioned earlier (I think it was here), Cooper loves getting about in his Lions guernsey.

I guess it really does depend on where the Hodges are living when Cooper is in year 12.

That's simply not going to happen. No club can contend properly for 10 years in a row, unless Geelong. Without Zorko, Rich, Daniher, Lyons, Robinson, Neale all retired or on last legs by 2026 you will go down for awhile.

Unknown father sons who have not played a game will not help you instantly.

The AFL has realised its mistakes with academies and zones with (Jamarra) an example, its influence is subtracting every year.

 

[briztoon]

That's simply not going to happen. No club can contend properly for 10 years in a row, unless Geelong. Without Zorko, Rich, Daniher, Lyons, Robinson, Neale all retired or on last legs by 2026 you will go down for awhile.

Unknown father sons who have not played a game will not help you instantly.

The AFL has realised its mistakes with academies and zones with (Jamarra) an example, its influence is subtracting every year.

From the listed older players, the only two players we don’t already have a replacement for on our list are Daniher and Neale.

And we get Will Ashcroft this year in the draft to eventually replace Neale.

Ashcroft isn’t an unknown father son, he’s a consensus top 3 draft prospect in this years draft. Was the best player in the two U17 challenge matches last year, and has Twomey already taking him up as pick 1. He’s about as unknown as Daicos was last year.

At this stage, the AFL aren’t touching the Northern academies.

 

[briztoon]

The AFL is cracking down on acad

The AFL is cracking down on the academy system, it is meant for youth that would not be in system. Cooper is in the system, an i doubt your lions will have special access to him.

See Nick Blakey from the Sydney Swans as exhibit A.

If you live in NSW (excluding the Riverina) or QLD, you live in one of four Academy zones.

Now a kid can choose not to enter an academy and just play local football, but if he is in an academy, then that academy has access to him, as long as he lives in that academies zone.

Under current rules, it’s the kids choice if he goes academy or father son.

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

See Nick Blakey from the Sydney Swans as exhibit A.

If you live in NSW (excluding the Riverina) or QLD, you live in one of four Academy zones.

Now a kid can choose not to enter an academy and just play local football, but if he is in an academy, then that academy has access to him, as long as he lives in that academies zone.

Under current rules, it’s the kids choice if he goes academy or father son.

You totally missed my point.
Academy rules are changing.
Academy's were not ment for a kid who is in the system. By the time Cooper is draft age your lions will not have special access to him.

 

[briztoon]

You totally missed my point.
Academy rules are changing.
Academy's were not ment for a kid who is in the system. By the time Cooper is draft age your lions will not have special access to him.

The AFL has specifically said they won’t be changing the rules around the Northern Academies in the foreseeable future.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Can we please put a full stop on this academy and Cooper Hodge back and forth?

Gets us nowhere.

Cheers.